The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-06-11
HORTICULTURE.


The following Is good advice concerning
the packing of plants and slips far mailing:
Select the small rooted Sins and tie a little
piece OF damp moss around the roots. Put
the slips as closely together as possible in
paper box and tuck damp piece of
cotton batting over the top. Cover the box,
tie piece OF wrapping paper around it, and
direct carefully. Place the slips in warmish
water for n little while before potting, and
You will rarely lose plant
Abutllons can go outside at the time of
bedding out. BY growing them in good
soil, with fair shifts, Swinging and prun-
ing back, fine specimens, effective for
lawn decoration, may soon be had With
top dressing of manure later, their
blooming will be nearly continuous.
For large specimen plants, boxes are
better thar. pots. Handles and casters on
them will facilitate moving about For
such plants a good dressing of ms nure,
except for every third year, may often be
made to answer in place of a shifting.
Sometimes callas seem healthy enough,
but have had no flowers during the winter
Plunge the pot of such to the rim out
doors, thus reducing their yigor, and they
should bloom well year later. Soapv
water given several times a week is help
full.
Fuohsias that have bloomed during the
winter may, with advantage, be given par
tial rest, through less frequent watering,
before being pressed into use for summer
or fall decoration. Hydrangeas, if treated
TO liquid manure, will make a stronger
growth and yield n finer bloom. Ferns
need a shady window and to be we'll but
not over watered.
Deep planting of gladioli, tuberoses, and
sweet peas, say two to four inches down,
will usually give better results than q
more shallow covering suitable for other
growths. Green fly sometimes troubles
lilies early in the season, to prevent which
mulch with wet tobacco stems, two or
three inches IN thickness.
Evergreens may be transplanted a little
later than II is safe to reset deciduous
trees, in fact, any time before the new
growth commences, and again in the sum-
mer after the new growth becomes
hardened. In handling these use extreme
care to keep the roots from drying; as in
all good planting the ground Is to be we'll
tirmed about the roots.
To prevent weeds growing in the walks,
the use of the following solution is rec
commended: One part low grade carbolic
acid in 100 parts OF water, applied in a
spray form. Guard the hands and permit
none of the solution to 60 against the grass
or box edgings.
Sometimes it happens that geraniums
from late spring cuttings, planted in rich,
moist soil grow all to leaf and WELD but
few flowers. To do better than this, they
should become pot bound and show bloom
before planting oct. Planting pots and all
is OF doubtful benefit. Better have the soil
less rich, but practice deep digging. With
a moist season and rich soil, no geraniums
| fare as well. Old, cut-back plants. full Of
shoots and bloom, planted ont the latter
part OF May, should flower well all sum-
mer.
Many florists state from experience that
SCOT water is a safe and excellent fertilizer
for plants, including those III pots, 1t is
used for all plants that require manure
water at all, say for roses, pelargoniums,
ADDITIONS and such vigorous growing
/ plants. When the pots are full of roots it
I seems to be specially beneficial. The
water is thus prepared Tie mp one half
a peck of scot in cloth bag, throw it into a
nine gallon cask OF hot water. Work the
/ bag we'll III the water. which should stand
/ until clear, when it may 5e used after be-
/ ing diluted with clear water. Judgment
must be used as to the proper strength. 1t
4 would better be used too weak than too
/ strong.
/ TO destroy angle worms, turn the plants
/ ont of their pots, reduce the balls of earth
/ as much as possible, so that all the worms
can he picked out by hand, and then repot
/ in clean pots, using fresh compost. TO
avoid them, do not plunge your plants dur
/ ing the summer season. Always plant
| them out. Worms in lawns may be de-
| stroyed by watering with clear lime water
| in the evening and sweeping up the worms
in the early morning. Popular GordeHr
ina.